Entered from the shelf west of the boat ramp and descended to the sand. Followed the main reef, up the big step near the outboard motor and along the flat and then down the ramp to the north-west reef.

We were on the hunt for pygmy pipehorses and trying to follow Michael McFadyen's directions to find them. While I found his directions somewhat confusing and they didn't match my mental map of the area, we not only found the matching landmarks, but Sheree managed to find two pygmy pipehorses. I accidentally found a third that was hanging on to the same piece of weed as the first. We spent much of the dive with the pygmy pipehorses.

We returned the way we came and exited at the boat ramp.

Buddy

Sheree Papuni

Seas

Surgy

Visibility

3-5 metres

Duration

96 minutes

Maximum depth

13.7 m

Average depth

10.5 m

Water temperature

20.7°C

Dive Profile from Citizen Hyper Aqualand

Tides at Botany Bay AEDT

Note that tides at dive site may vary from above location.

High

2:54am

1.41m

Low

9:09am

0.68m

High

2:58pm

1.22m

Low

9:11pm

0.58m

Camera gear

Camera

Nikon D7000

Lens

Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f/2.8D

Housing

Ikelite 6801.70

Lens port

Ikelite Flat Port 5502.41

Strobe

2 x Ikelite SubStrobe DS161

Photographs

Depth information, where present, indicates the depth of the camera when the photograph was taken and can be used to approximate the depth of the subject.